"Tourists are dwarfed by the <a href=""http://www.vla.nrao.edu/"">Very Large Array</a> in 2005. The facility, on the Plains of San Agustin, 50 miles west of Socorro, N.M., has been closed as a result of the government shutdown. The VLA consists of 27 radio antennas linked together to simulate the capabilities of a single dish 17 miles in diameter."
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